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Advantages: A remarkable debutDisadvantages: Perhaps a little on the short side?

Heinlein's Starship Troopers was ostensibly a book about humanity waging an interplanetary war against nasty alien creatures. It took a squad of raw recruits and showed their brutal training and induction into military life. It's become a classic, but ...

This amazing first novel by John Scalzi is set in a non specific future and begins on Earth. The action soon transfers to the far reaches of space and as the title suggests not everyone is pleased to see us.
Plot
The novel begins on the 75th birthday ...

...John Scalzi's sci-fi trilogy begins with Old Man's War (followed by The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony); the story is told in first-person narrative by a retired ad writer named John Perry. As the title suggests, Perry joins the military when he i ...

Advantages: A big, thick, thought-provoking and challenging readDisadvantages: Might be to much for some people

This is a real gem of a book, weighing in at a hefty 918 pages for a mere £8.99. The thing that surprised me most of all was just how much ground Stephenson manages to cover. The plot is set in two time zones, World War 2 and the present day. Some of the ...

Advantages: Fine, enjoyable read which stimulates and informsDisadvantages: Maybe too long for some

This is easily the best book I've read so far this year. You know the kind, one that brings feeling s of disappoinment as the end nears. I wanted it to go on for at least a couple of hundred pages past the 900 provided.
It is written in the same vein ...